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June 28, 2013

How Romantic! + Winners

I am just full of kilig feelings right now. Thank you to everyone who joined! You are responsible for the hundred-plus definitions of romance in my inbox, all of which I read through and feel REALLY conflicted now over. I had to choose just five!

(If you are not among the winners, don't worry, I may still have something for you!)

Here are the winners of the signed Summit chick lit books! Will
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Published on June 28, 2013 02:32

June 23, 2013

Asian NA - What is that? + Let me sponsor your next group read! (US only, for now)

I love that New Adult came about, and that we're talking about it.

I live in Metro Manila, in the Philippines, and I write contemporary novels. They're called Chick Lit by publishers but the way I write them, they're actually New Adult.

This is what being a young adult and new adult (18 to 25) in my country is like. It's about being told that:

At 14-17, you can't go out on dates until you're
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Published on June 23, 2013 22:51

June 20, 2013

June 13, 2013

#romanceclass finishers Batch 2!

Source: ohdarlingwedding.blogspot.com via Melissa on Pinterest


It's not over yet!



The book descriptions featured here are from the seven other novels that were completed during the official #romanceclass course period. If you'd like to see any of these stories become actual books, available for everyone to read, you can help by offering:



Editing services
Cover design services
A book
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Published on June 13, 2013 18:00

June 12, 2013

#romanceclass finishers! (Batch 1)

Source: weheartit.com via ℰrika on Pinterest

This post makes me giddy.

The writers who participated in #romanceclass were part of an online community, sure, but by design the course had them do most of the work on their own. So sure, I set deadlines, and gave assignments, and handed over a big secret (my outline), but they came up with everything else. I only came in again at the end and
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Published on June 12, 2013 23:36

June 11, 2013

Dante

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June 10, 2013

#romanceclass, the paperback

Much as I enjoyed (and I really really really did) organizing and facilitating my free contemporary romance writing course this year, I won't have time to continue it, or offer it again anytime soon.

So this is the next step for what we've nicknamed #romanceclass. I took all the assignments, my original outline, my main discussion posts, my answers to questions, and compiled it all in this handy
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Published on June 10, 2013 18:19

June 5, 2013

Cover muse: Chatting with photographer/style blogger Rhea Bue

In one of those things that I never thought of but makes absolute sense in retrospect, my friend/cover designer Tania Arpa collaborated with style blogger/photographer Rhea Bue for the international covers of the Interim Goddess of Love trilogy.

Rhea is also the model for the covers. I didn't know her prior to working with her on the books, so I didn't write the books with her in mind. But
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Published on June 05, 2013 17:14

June 4, 2013

Cover girl: Interview with my cover designer Tania Arpa

I asked my friend Tania Arpa, designer the awesome international covers for the Interim Goddess of Love trilogy, some questions about covers:




Did you and (photographer/model Rhea Bue) plan the cover together? How did you collaborate on it?
We got together for lunch and talked about the book and what I had in mind for the cover photo. We talked about where the photos might be shot, and how.
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Published on June 04, 2013 20:31

June 2, 2013

Icon of the Indecisive (Interim Goddess of Love #3)

Available today!




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College student Hannah Maquiling, also temporarily working as the Goddess of Love, has had enough of everyone asking for her help when it comes to relationships. It's her turn to find romance! She deserves it, after serving as matchmaker and confidant to everyone else in Ford River College for the past year. She's had a crush on handsome senior (and God
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Published on June 02, 2013 20:06